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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fuirena scirpoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Umbrella-sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fuirena scirpoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fuirena scirpoidea
COMMON NAME:
Southern Umbrella-sedge
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfscirpoidea_stjoe2
June Gulf County FL
Spikelets ovoid to lance-ovoid, apex blunt, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fuirena scirpoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fuirena scirpoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fuirena scirpoidea
2477
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Natural lakes, pineland depression ponds, wet pine savannas, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, mostly sheath
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Nutlet
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